24 years later...

...

A cool breeze blew gently in the air as autumn was slowly descending through the kingdom of Arendelle. Not only was it a good day today; it happened to be a very special day in the kingdom as the villagers bustled in and out of the castle courtyards.

Today was the first day of autumn, and it was time to celebrate with a festival!

From atop the balcony of the castle overlooking the village, Elsa gazed at the clear blue skies above, lost in thought.

Ever since returning to the kingdom years prior, Elsa had now grown more confident in ruling as the queen of Arendelle. And now that she had her sister Anna by her side, they were able to rule the kingdom in peace. Now she didn't have to worry about hiding her powers from the rest of the world anymore. She was free to let everybody know the power she was capable of.

As Elsa kept staring at the village below, she felt a hand grasp her. Elsa turned around and smiled.

Standing to the right side of her was Tintin, her newfound lover. He was dressed in a brown evening suit with a yellow sweater vest, and long, brown pants to compliment the outfit.

"My queen," Tintin said softly. Elsa smiled in return. "My love," she told him.

"What are you doing out here?" Tintin asked as he gazed out toward the sea. "Everyone's looking for you." "I just come up here to think," Elsa answered. "Helps me clear my mind." "Mind if I joined you?" Tintin asked. "Yeah," Elsa said. "Go ahead." Tintin smiled as he approached Elsa and put his hands on the rails of the balcony. Turning to Elsa, he slowly put his hand on top of Elsa's hand,

Elsa breathed a sigh of relief. She turned to Tintin.

"So," she asked, "you told me earlier you brought along a friend to come visit Arendelle, did you?"

"I did," Tintin answered. "the Captain wouldn't stop bugging me about you. He had so many questions, so I decided now would have been the right time to bring him over here to Arendelle to meet you and your sister."

"How sweet," Elsa said. "And you brought Snowy as well?" "He missed you the most," Tintin told her. "Even he wondered how long it would be until we got to visit you again." "That's so sweet," Elsa told him.

Taking a look at the mountains ahead, both Tintin and Elsa sighed collectively.

The two then stared at the ocean and the mountains along the horizon. In fact, they were so entranced by the sight and beauty of the sprawling sea that they had barely noticed one of the castle servants approaching them.

"Your Majesty," the servant said. "They're ready."

"Oh!"

Elsa suddenly snapped from her revelry, accidentally freezing her hands, and Tintin's hand, onto the rails of the balcony. "Elsa!" Tintin exclaimed. He turned to the servant. "I'm sorry. I can explain," he said.

Elsa chuckled softly. "Excuse me," she said. She then tried to pull her hands from the ice on the rails. "Ow ow ow!" Tintin said, wincing in pain. "Elsa, my hand's stuck to the rail with yours!" "I know, Tintin. I know," Elsa said. "Now, just hold still." With one more tug, she finally managed to free herself and Tintin. "Ow! Gah," Tintin shouted, nursing his hand.

Elsa then turned to the servant, quickly straightening herself. "I'm coming," she said more seriously. "Your Highness," Tintin said as he offered Elsa his arm. Elsa dutifully took his arm, and the two proceeded to walk back inside.

As Elsa was following Tintin, she suddenly paused. She began to hear a mysterious voice calling her.

Suddenly, the voice stopped.

"Did you hear that?" she asked. The servant looked around, confused. "What?" he asked.

Elsa turned back to the servant and shook her head. "Never mind," she said, smiling.

As she and Tintin walked back inside, Elsa turned to Tintin. "What was that all about?" Tintin asked. "What?" Elsa asked. "You said something about a sound," Tintin said. "You heard it too?" Elsa asked him.

Tintin stared at her blankly.

"Don't tell me you didn't hear it," Elsa muttered. "But I didn't," Tintin said. "Nobody just stares off like that and ends up fine." He then took a look at Elsa and shrugged his shoulders. "Hmm. The cold air's probably getting to you," he said as he fixed Elsa's hair. "Now, let's go. The others are expecting us to help prepare for the autumn feast." Elsa and Tintin then began walking down the hallways of the castle.

As they walked through the hallways, somebody approached them.

"Ah, Captain!" Tintin exclaimed as Haddock strolled up to them. "Strange to see you up here." "Aye, I was just wonderin' where you'd be, laddie. Everybody's been asking me where you were, because you just took off and didn't say a word," Haddock said.

He then noticed Elsa and smiled. "And you must be that queen Tintin's been rambling about," he said. "Captain!" Tintin hissed.

"Queen Elsa," Elsa said, introducing herself as she curtsied. "And you are...?" Haddock. Captain Archibald Haddock," Haddock said as he greeted Elsa, bowing in respect as he took her hand. "Pleased to meet you," Elsa said, laughing.

Tintin, meanwhile, could only force a smile as he shook his head, feeling a bit embarrassed for himself. But he composed himself. "Yes," he said. "This is Elsa, the one I've told you about." "So I see," Haddock said.

Tintin then took a look toward the balcony. "You know what, Elsa?" he asked. "Yes?" Elsa asked.

"Why don't you and the captain go ahead?" Tintin said. "I'll catch up." "Sure," Elsa said as she turned to Haddock. "Captain." "Your Grace," Haddock said as he took Elsa's hand.

For a brief second, Tintin walked back to the balcony from where he and Elsa were standing. Looking out towards the the horizon, he watched as the autumn leaves were blowing in the wind. He happened to catch a leaf as it blew past him. Tintin stared at the leaf, lost in thought.

"What could be that sound Elsa heard?" Tintin wondered as he twirled the leaf around in his fingers.

Getting up, Tintin blew the leaf away and watched it fly away in the wind. Turning around, he headed back inside the castle.

...

Meanwhile, as she strolled through the village in a pretty autumn dress, Anna smiled as she passed by the houses and villagers. In the years that had followed since Arendelle opened its gates, Anna felt happy that she didn't have to be lonely anymore. Now she was able to meet new faces and help Elsa watch over the kingdom as it blossomed.

Crossing a stone bridge, Anna strolled through the grassy fields. There, she happened to pay a little visit with Olaf, her and Elsa's snowman friend. As the years went by, Olaf's snow cloud had evolved into a permanent frost to help him stay cool through the seasons.

"Enjoying your new Permafrost, Olaf?" Anna asked as she sat down next to Olaf, who was reclining on a picnic cloth. "I'm just living the dream, Anna," Olaf said, smiling. "Oh, how I wish this could last forever." Anna smiled.

At that moment, an orange leaf blew past Olaf, who frowned. "And yet change mocks us with your beauty," he said as he admired the leaf in his hand. "What's that?" Anna asked.

Olaf looked at Anna and smiled. "Forgive me," he said, "maturity is making me poetic." He turned to Anna. "Tell me," he said, "you're older and thus all-knowing. Do you ever worry about the notion that nothing is permanent?"

"Uh...no," Anna told him. "Really?" Olaf asked as he laid back down on the blanket. "Wow. I can't wait till I'm ancient like you. So I don't have to worry about important things."

"That's not what I mean," Anna said as she laid down on the blanket next to Olaf. "I don't worry because...well, I have you, and Elsa, and Kristoff, and Sven. Not to mention our new friends Tintin, his dog Snowy, and Tintin's other good friend, Captain Haddock. And the gate is open wide. And I'm not alone anymore."

Anna stared at the sky, smiling. She wanted Olaf to know that even if the seasons change, and everybody was growing up, some things stay the same. Like their friendship.

She then took Olaf through the town square, enjoying a nice stroll as the townspeople were busy setting up the decorations for the festival that was going on tonight. They passed by a man who was painting a picture of a tree that he was looking at.

At that moment, a man came over to the tree, swinging an ax and chopping the tree now. Enraged, the painter hopped over the stone wall and proceeded to engage in a confrontation with the man. Anna and Olaf quickly sped away from the squabble before chaos broke loose.

Walking by a stone wall, Anna and Olaf then decided to go for a ride along the train tracks on a maintenance car. As they were riding along the tracks, they were smiling and enjoying themselves.

It was the best time of their lives.

...

Meanwhile, back in the village, Kristoff was taking a stroll through the town square, while his loyal reindeer Sven was trotting alongside him. But this time, Kristoff was in a state of anxiety and excitement.

Not only was today the day he got to spend the autumn feast with Anna and Elsa; today was also the day he had been planning since he and Anna met three years prior.

He was planning to pop the question.

"The leaves are already falling," Kristoff told Sven. "Feels like the future is calling." Sven looked at Kristoff, confused.

"Are you telling me tonight you're gonna get down on one knee?" Kristoff asked, imitating Sven's voice and pretending to act like he was speaking.

As he had said that, Kristoff pulled an engagement ring from his pocket and got to his knees, smiling at Sven. From nearby, a couple of villagers watched them, completely dumbfounded.

But Kristoff seemed unsure of how he should propose to Anna.

"Yeah, I'm really bad at planning these things out," Kristoff told Sven while they were sitting on a bench together. "Like candlelight and pulling the ring out..." As he pulled the ring from his pocket, Kristoff fumbled his fingers, almost dropping the ring. "Maybe you should leave all the romantic stuff to me," Kristoff said, acting as Sven.

At that moment, Sven got up and nudged Kristoff toward a stall, where the shop owner Oaken sat him down on a chair and proceeded to give him a pedicure. As Sven gave him a massage on the shoulders, Kristoff sighed. He knew that nothing else would change, not even his love for Anna.

A while later, he and Sven passed a shop, where they saw an elegant gentleman's suit on display at the window. Kristoff sighed as he saw his own reflection in the window; he wanted Anna to think he was a gentleman. At that moment, he and Sven went inside, where the reindeer then snatched the necktie from the mannequin. The two then paid for the tie and walked out.

But Kristoff wasn't sure that a fancy necktie was enough to convince him that he was the right guy for Anna. At that moment, Anna was walking by as she noticed them and eagerly ran toward them. Kristoff extended his arms out wide, ready for a hug from Anna.

He then opened his eyes and noticed that Anna ran toward Sven and began to cuddle him. At that moment, Olaf happily bounced into Kristoff's arms.

So much for a romantic hug...

...

Back at the castle, Elsa watched the town square from above the balcony. She still couldn't keep shaking off the feeling that there was some unknown voice calling to her. Even she didn't want anything to change in the kingdom.

"These days are precious," she told herself. "I can't let them slip away."

She watched as Tintin and Haddock joined Anna, Kristoff, Olaf, and Sven at the town square. Snowy began prancing around as Olaf was playing with him. More than anything, Elsa was also worried for Tintin and his friends. She didn't want anything to happen to them either.

"Let's go and seize the day," Elsa said, smiling.

...

By then, Anna and the other servants were busy setting up the flags around the castle, with Tintin helping out. "Anna!" Tintin laughed as soon as Anna pulled up a clothesline containing someone's bloomers. Anna smiled and giggled.

Some fishermen were throwing freshly caught fish toward each other. and as one fishermen flung a fish toward Olaf, the snowman then happily threw the fish back into the ocean.

While Anna and Tintin strode through the town square, they happened to notice Elsa walking up to them. Anna smiled as she and Tintin ran up to Elsa, and the three then hugged each other tightly.

Now it was time for the autumn feast to begin!

Olaf and Kristoff helped a couple villagers set up the picnic tables, along with Sven. Anna and Kristoff then worked on setting the tablecloths as Oaken set down a large pumpkin on the table. Soon, the villagers began to set down platters of food, along with candles and plates, on the tables, preparing the feast and everything else.

Soon, after the preparations, the townspeople gathered at the center pavilion, where Anna and Elsa stood by a flagpole. As the flag of Arendelle waved in the wind, Elsa waved her hands. And with a flick of her wrists, Elsa sent icy fireworks into the sky. The townspeople oohed and aahed as they watched the snowflakes dance in the sky.

After the ceremony, everyone sat down to enjoy the feast. Meanwhile, a group of kids were lined up as Elsa was making them toys out of snow. After a boy walked away with his snow teddy bear, a little girl walked up to Elsa and whispered something to her. At that moment, Elsa used her powers to conjure up a ship telescope out of ice. Jumping for joy, the girl eagerly grabbed her ice telescope.

After the feast, everyone had joined hands and gathered in a circle, dancing and singing. As they danced, Tintin watched to make sure Haddock didn't accidentally step on someone's toes. Even Snowy was prancing around joyfully.

...

After the festivities were over, Anna and the others were walking back to the castle. Snowy was riding on top of Sven with Olaf while Tintin and Haddock followed them. Holding her shoes in her hand, Anna ran up to Elsa and hugged her tightly.

As Kristoff came up, he grabbed Anna by the hand and spun her around happily. Then, he bowed and offered to escort Anna inside.

Smiling, Anna walked back into the castle, still reeling from the festivities earlier.